Blogs

Birding Blogs - Blogs, from the words 'web log', are simply personal online diaries. Strictly speaking - so the purists will tell you - they should follow a definite formula: latest entries should be always be at the top of the homepage with older entries (or 'posts') below them; they should include 'permalinks' and readers should be able to add 'comments'; they should be written on 'blogging software' and hosted - often for free - by blog companies like Typepad, Blogger, or Blogspot; and they should never be referred to as 'websites'.

Like anything else though, blogs are evolving and these strictures are being broken down. Arranging posts chronologically will always be with us, but whilst using blog software certainly takes all the difficulties out of learning html (the 'language' websites are written in) some birders, especially photographers, find the narrow columns a little restrictive and prefer to build their own. In many cases what differentiates a birding 'website' from a birding 'blog' is difficult to see - but as long as it's interesting and it's a good read, does it really matter?

Why do 'bloggers' keep blogs? The world-wide blog community (the 'blogosphere') is generally friendly and welcoming: it's a fun place to hang around in. Keeping a blog is really no more difficult than keeping a notebook - but it's a great deal easier to share your thoughts and your sightings with your mates when they can read what you have to say in the comfort of their own home. Does that make them worth reading? Sure, some blogs lead to dead ends or are infrequently updated, but some of them are funny, irreverent, well-informed, well-written, or lavishly illustrated. Try a few out from the list below - you never know what you might find…

[Birding BLOGS are no different from other web logs – some people are inveterate diary keepers and others start the year with great enthusiasm and then fade away… I have listed those logs which are either still continuing well or have a considerable number of entries even when they have not been updated for a while… please let me know of any others out there… Fatbirder]

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…there are approximately 10,000 bird species on this beautiful planet. Welcome to the 10,000 Birds blog, wherein we chronicle the Core Team`s ongoing effort to see every one of them. We are new to birding and have a great deal to learn. Join us on our (near) daily exploration of this fascinating activity. We do our best to make the journey interesting for experts and novices alike!

This is a journal of our birding/photography trips. We hope you enjoy reading them as we did writing them. We do our trips mostly on weekends so check back often for updates. Thank you and we do appreciate your comments. Bob & Cynthia Kaufman…

…About eight years ago a wild Australian Sulphur Crested Cockatoo flew into a car and broke its wing. The motorist took it to the Vet in Nerang, Queensland, who had to amputate the wing. We adopted her - for which we needed a National Parks and Wildlife permit - and kept her in a cage outside where she was often visited by wild Cockatoos. One of the things that impressed us was how she would push lettuce leaves through the bars of the cage, offering food to visitors…

My Birds Blog is about the birds that come and go here in my backyard. All of the photos that I take are of them, up close and personal. I began making my backyard into a wildlife sanctuary in 1962 and am still working on it…

This blog is dedicated to birding and atlasing in the Aliwal North area in central South Africa. Sometimes the area can even be stretched a little further, to include other areas as well. I want to share my birding passion, my own analyses of observations and my contribution to SABAP2 with you. Feel free to visit regularly and to comment on the contents…

Adam Archer - Polesworth, Warwickshire, United Kingdom - Welcome British Bird Fans. This blog is just a lighthearted collection of my birding exploits around this wonderful Country of ours and very occasionally beyond. During 2010 I foolishly decided to attempt a target of 300 British Bird species in a year, a challenge I'm now regretting…

I live on the Arroyo Colorado River in the Rio Grande Valley of South Texas. My favorite birding destination is our own backyard. Most days you can find me here, watching birds from the porch outside or through large windows overlooking the Arroyo. Sit awhile and watch the yard and river with me…

In the Book of Job we are instructed to, "Ask…the birds…and they will tell you." In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus said, "Look at the birds." So let's ask the birds, and look at the birds, and see what they have to say. May God bless you in your quest! Bill Bossman…

Derived from Latin and Greek words, aves (L - birds) and philia (Gr - affinity for), this blog's name is it's purpose. Here I'll share the passion, and admitted obsession, I have for all avian life. A whole lot in this world fascinates me, but nothing lights my fire more than studying birds and sharing that with anyone who'll listen…

Belvide Reservoir is a 180 acre canal feeder situated in south west staffordshire. I have been visiting Belvide since 1984 in which time I have made nearly 4000 visits.Over the years I have managed to see 223 species…

Americans are going to have to wake up and become more vocal and dedicated at protecting our wild life than the feral cat enablers are at allowing cats to kill them. Cats are cute, yes, but a feral cat munching on a clutch of a threatened bird species is not. Trap, neuter, release programs produce a healthier, more efficient killing machine. All they are doing is enabling the cats in their destruction. TNR enthusiasts claim if you remove one cat another moves in. Okay, no problem, I remove that one, too. Euthanasia of the millions of feral cats now killing billions of native animals each year is the only effective answer.

My name is Daniel McAdams. I am an avid birder and have been birding since 2006. I am a native to and live in Colorado and love the aviafauna that is found in this wonderful state, as well as all the other places throughout the world. This is my birding site. I will post blogs, birding tips, photos and more here to provide a great web based birding learning experience…

This is our online journal, in which we periodically record our thoughts and experiences at home and on the road. We'll also post links to other sites on the Web that we hope will inform, inspire, and entertain you as much as they do us…

BLOG, trip reports. Photos and more - I've now been birding for 25+ years on a predominantly local patch bias. This area is the south Essex region around Southend-on-Sea, which includes a number of different locations and habitats. It must be said that despite being on the coast it is severely over shadowed by other far better birding counties that bookend it, namely Suffolk and Kent. Even north Essex has better birding by a long way. That said perseverance over the years has brought the birders of Southend a number of decent birds…

BIRDFREAK’S MISSION is to promote the well-being and enjoyment of the world’s approximately 10,000 species of birds by encouraging young people to partake in the great natural discovery that is birding…

Welcome to the Bird House Blog: BirdLandlord.com. I’m the Bird Landlord and I’ll be guiding you through ups, downs, ins and outs of buying bird houses, owning a bird house, and caring for your bird house…

I've been living on water aboard my 60ft traditional Narrowboat for the past 9 years and wouldn't change that for the world! I'm currently moored on the junction of the Oxford and Grand Union Canals at Napton-on-the-Hill Warwickshire, England…

I am a birder who became a Dad in April 2008 (and again in March 2010). In May 2009 I moved away from one of the best inland birding patches, Grafham Water, Cambridgeshire, to live in Norfolk. I birded the mid-Yare Valley NNR (Strumpshaw - Buckenham - Cantley) for 18 months, but have now moved to York, where I'm from. Now all I have to do is find some birds…

Welcome to Birding in Northern VA. I will be posting pictures and stories about all of the birds I see. Although I want to see and photograph every bird from every species that winters, summers, migrates through or lives permanently in Northern VA, my goal is to post a picture of all 53 permanent resident birds…

Birding in Southern Peru http://birding-south-peru.blogspot.com/ Do you want to bird in Southern Perú? we know where, when, how and everything to make that experience just outstanding. If you are considering to spend some time in southwest Perú,or you are in your way north from Chile, or if you want to connect Lima with some destination in Cusco, Bolivia or North Chile, contact us for some hints to make that trip unforgettable…

Robert Mortensen began birding in the summer of 2004 when his father-in-law Lynn Davenport handed him a pair of binoculars to go on a Sunday afternoon walk at Lake Lowell (Deer Flat Wildlife Refuge) in Nampa, Idaho. It was an instant addiction…

Francisco Javier García Vargas, Juan Sagardía Pradera and Antonio Unquiles Cobos have been birdwatching in Lanzarote (Canary Islands) the last five years, making a list of the birds observed in the island since 2002…

I have been living in Khovd (48¢ª00¡¯N 91¢ª38¡¯E), a small town at an altitude of 1400m in Khovd Aimag province, western Mongolia, since October 2005. Birding Mongolia is mainly devoted to birding my fabulous local spot here in the valley of the Buyant river at the foot of the Mongolian Altai Mountains. In addition, observations from other regions in Mongolia and conservation news will be included occasionally…

Just another blog by a local patcher, probably with fewer excursions than most. Where I live, there are no views like that above. Beautiful, isn’t it? But most of us can’t stand on windswept headlands as often as we would like. So we have to get our birding fulfillment closer to home, and that’s what I try to do with Birding Over My Head…

Julian Bielewicz - Nanango, Queensland, Australia - Of Polish/Italian parentage, born in a Polish Army "demob" camp [Wales], spent infancy in Northumberland before moving to Rugeley [Staffordshire] where I lived until January 1974 at which time I took up a two-year teaching contract in Brisbane, Queensland, and somehow stayed on indefinitely. Back in April 2001 we bought a 7½ block of land 9kms south of Nanango; a removable house arrived the following May and in 2005 first Fay and then I moved up to the South Burnett permanently…

Hallo and a warm welcome to my blog "Birds and Bird Watching In Norway". As the title suggest the blog is about my day to day birding in this fantastic country, Norwegian birding news and other general information that will be of interest to birders, both in Norway and those planning to visit…

Now that I have my own house, I have the goal of making my backyard a special place or habitat for birds. Everyone should know that my passion for birds is extreme. It has not been easy. The backyard was left without proper cleaning for years. I cut dead trees, picked leaves, trash and other things that did not belong to the place… Puerto Rica BLOG

Somehow, I've become known for getting the wrong end of a bird more often than shooting the 'proper' portrait of our little friends. I try to wait for a nice profile, butt, it just doesn't seem to work out that way. For awhile, I was getting frustrated being the butt of fellow birder's jokes. Butt now it's become my goal when out birding. I'm sure I can use the term 'butt' a few more times, butt I'll quit…

My name is Stephen Ramirez, and I attend Texas State University where I am focusing my studies in Geography - GIS. When I am not busy working at the Texas State Recycling Center I spend my time as an avid bird watcher and photographer…

A blog containing my personal birding trip reports and articles which I hope will be of interest to some. I also hope that in time the blog will serve as a useful online resource to both local and visiting birders, providing information on all of Tasmania's birds and where to find them…

Birding from California to Patagonia - Beginning in June 2013 Kathi Borgmann and Josh Beck embarked on a multi-year journey from San Diego, California to the southern tip of South America birding in nearly every country in mainland North and South America. Our journey is about collecting valuable data on bird species, their status and distribution, current conservation issues, and more along the way. We hope that our journey will provide important information about many Neotropical bird species as well as inform conservation.

The photographic memoir of a wandering bird biologist. A photographic species checklist of birds which I have worked with over the past years across the world. Hopefully other birders can use this for an ID resource, trip planning, or just curiosity about species diversity across the world….

I'm 24, and have been birding for about twelve years. I am addicted to the thrill of rarity finding, but at the same time have a great passion for my local patch - the Axe Estuary in Devon, which I share with many other dedicated local patch birders. I am a trainee bird ringer and am keen on most other forms of wildlife and natural beauty, especially moths…

Laura Kammermeier is nothing if not well-rounded in her field. As a freelance writer and new media consultant, she specializes in nature, travel, and birding, and is an accomplished online content strategist and web producer.
Laura is also Marketing and Destinations Manager for Birding Adventures TV…

Notes & photos from YWT Bretton Lakes CP, UK and beyond - this is one of two blogs dedicated to my passion for wildlife in general and bird photography in particular. Bluebirder will concentrate predominently on my local Yorkshire Wildlife Trust Reserve at West Bretton plus reports of birding trips and holidays…

I would like to extend a warm welcome to anyone that stumbles upon this website. You are more than welcome to peruse my ongoing ramblings, whilst birding throughout the West Midland Bird Region, UK and beyond, along with my trusty 2 Megapixel Camera Phone (hence to blog name, you see). My aims for the blog are simple, to bring a bit fun into birding…

This weblog covers sightings in the Cotswold Water Park irrespective of county. It is designed to record all recent sightings within the Cotswold Water Park and aims to increase reports of sightings for this area…

Birding News, Highlights, Tips, and Photos for the American Birder. Cory Ritter and Lukas Musher started boom Chachalaca in November 2011 as a way to share birding experiences, tips and news with other birders, both beginners and experts, and to promote conservation…

Dr. Jeff Wells is the Senior Scientist for the Boreal Songbird Initiative. During his time at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and as the Audubon Society's National Conservation Director, Dr. Wells earned a reputation as one of the nation's leading bird experts and conservation biologists. He is now dedicated to understanding and protecting the land where North America's birds are born and raised, the Boreal Forest of Canada and Alaska. Check back regularly to read Dr. Wells' perspectives on the conservation, migration and interesting habits of Boreal birds.

This site has been created to be used and enjoyed by resident birders as well as those visiting Ceredigion. We welcome contributions in the form of sightings and/or photographs from anywhere in the county….

Jennifer Schlick… …is a naturalist living and working in Western New York.
After working ten years at an Audubon Center I decided I want to become a bird bander. Squeezing the training in between work and a home life isn't easy, but it sure is rewarding.

Within the last year, I've become interested in birding. In addition, I love using my camera to capture their images. For now, this blog will focus on birding in Texas. I know some birders are against keeping a "list," but my ultimate goal is to capture a photograph of every bird native to Texas…

I hope you enjoy reading my blog. These are just every day tales of birding and related Orkney stuff. With a bit of luck I hope to give a bit of a glimpse into life in the northern isles, I am not what you might call an expert birder. Truth be told I am not even a very good birder. I am lucky enough to live in a great place with great people and great birds tho…

Living in Geneva/Switzerland; I have travelled between Morocco, Turkey, Iceland and Arctic Norway over the last few years, making lots of digiscoped photographs, mostly of birds and mammals. Here are just some of my trip diaries and pictures, as well as other articles about birds and photography…

Hello, I do most of my birding in Hampshire as I'm at Uni in Southampton and love the New Forest and surrounding area. However my home is Bedfordshire and birding is great there too despite most rareties turning up when I'm at Uni!! It's not just birds I'm in to, I enjoy all aspects of wildlife be it birds, insects, mammals, fish or plants. Hope you enjoy the blog!

Welcome to my blog about birds, butterflies, moths and other aspects of nature that i mainly enjoy in svartådalen – the black river valley, in the county västmanland, sweden. This is my turf, where i love to be, where me and my family have a house (in the lovely village fläckebo), and where i also share a lot of nature experience with visiting people from all around.

I'm originally from Dartford in Kent (UK) and formerly worked as a fingerprint officer, grape picker, English teacher and gardener. From 1997 to 2004 I lived in Thailand but currently I'm a full time student and part time shelf stacker, living in Beverley, East Yorkshire…

I've had a love for wildlife all my life, but since 2005 I have taken wildlife watching to another level and apart from my family it has become my principle passion in life. I love it all from birding, twitching and mammal watching to chasing butterlfy's through a meadow trying to get a photo…

I started this blog a few years back so that my family could see what we are doing and seeing as we travel around the USA. Jeff and I have been Full time Motorhoming for over seven years now and still loving it. When and where we will settle down is still a mystery to us. But for now the nomadic lifestye is great. We love hiking, birding, mushrooming, shelling, rocking, and hanging out in the great outdoors…

I am a student, birdwatcher, and blogger from Washington, DC. After thinking about it for some time, I started blogging in June 2005 as a way to record and publish my bird observations and as a way to keep up my writing skills…

I have been birding since leaving the womb. Spent years in my native Suffolk as a volunteer holding positions like BTO Rep., County Bird Recorder, Founder Landguard Bird Observatory etc. In 1985 became Director of Suffolk Wildlife Trust, 1999 - 2001 Director of Conservation Royal Society of Wildlife Trusts and finally CEO Wildlife Trust of South & West Wales 2001-2004. Awarded OBE 1999. Now Chairman Welsh Ornithological Society…

Hi my names Mike and I love to film and photograph wildlife of the uk. Heres abit of what I will be posting on this blog. I love to observe and film wildlife in my local area cheshire by using different ideas used by the pros and a few of my own ideas and inventions thrown in so I thought I would start a blog so I could share my wildlife encounters and storys with other nature lovers around the world…

Alan Whitehead - North Duffield, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom - I guess the main reason for starting this Blog was that I finally worked out how to do it! It will consist of my ramblings regarding sightings, birding issues and my travels plus…

This is my birding blog. It's a place for me to share what little birding I manage to do these days and dispel the myth that I am from Brigadoon. It's a space for my birding notebook, diary and thoughts all rolled into one. It's a place to park stuff and leave it so it doesn't fester. It's for the ones that i'm not quite 100% about (and there will be many trust me)…

News,views and info from myself and the ringing team that work Woolston Eyes No1 bed, Warrington,Cheshire, UK. Bird ringing usually takes place most weekends on the bed throughout the year. A wide variety of species ranging from Kingfisher to Goldcrest are ringed each year as part of the British Trust for Ornithology's (BTO)National Ringing Scheme…

Not really a BLOG but…This website used to be known as the Firefly Forest Blog, but I converted to more of a personal nature journal and species identification guide after blogging grew to be too much of a hassle…

Posts and sightings of the occasional forays into the wild world of bird watching, enjoying nature, getting a little exercise and reporting what amazing birds there are out there to see here in the Bay State and abroad…

Bill Morton's Blog of the birds of Frodsham Marsh - Welcome to Frodsham Marsh Bird Blog! I have started this blog to highlight the birding life of one of Cheshires top avian spots. One particular feature I would like to include is, an article section which promotes birders recollections of their best days birding on the marsh…

The Bird Observatory at Gibraltar Point National Nature Reserve is managed and run by The Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust whilst the Observatory Ringing is carried out entirely by volunteers at Gibraltar Point. Ringing started at Gib in 1949 and has continued to this day with over 200,000 New birds ringed during that time by a huge number of both local and visiting ringers. As this site is being written and managed by the Observatory Ringing Group it's content is mainly concerned with the ringing on the reserve. (Although i (Mick Briggs) am working on an idea to update the blog more regularly with up to date sightings from the reserve) Check back regularly though and i shall endeavour to keep you entertained with our activities, above all, please enjoy our Observatory Blog!

I am a young birder from Ayrshire in south-west Scotland. My interest in birds is relatively recent and in the beginning… which I guess was around the time that the first Snowy Egret (from the US) arrived on the shores of the British Isles… I almost gave it up! Yes, freezing for three hours on a Scottish winter's day while my boyfriend marvelled at this little white vagrant, I thought I was mad but since then my interest has developed…. and so the creation of girlbirder…

Lots of information about tawnies based on observations of our local owls in south Kent, England. Sections on nestboxes, nesting activities, chick development, calls and more. Illustrated with photos and recordings…

Jim Royer's attempt to bird in as environmentally friendly fashion as possible - he will walk, bike, run, canoe, or otherwise travel from home [Los Osos] or his regular work place without using any gas, and at the same time record (and try to photograph) the birds he sees in an attempt to get 300 birds in 2010. He will also organize and participate in green birding events such as the local "Big Sit"…

I'm taking a vacation. My job ended on August 14th in MA and I'm ready to take my interest in birding across the U.S. At this point, I'm going to use this blog as a means of recollecting the birds, places, and friends that I see on this journey. My year American Birding Association checklist started on September 1st 2009…

Consulting ornithologist Abu Anka’s BLOG from Vancouver… Thoughts on birds, birding, bird distribution in British Columbia, and probably some other stuff that may well not have feathers, unless there is tar involved…

I'm an English expat living in smalltown northern Japan. I fill my days watching birds and occasionally teaching the locals a bit of English. Stella isn't my real name though I did drink a lot of it when I was younger…

The wildlife adventures of two hipsters in South Florida. We are Nick and Maureen, two people who enjoy being cool hipsters and who love to bird. A hipster seems to be a term for any young person these days who likes indie music, ironic t-shirts, and rocking fedoras. We are that, but so much more. Our true passion is birding, and amongst the birding crowd, especially in our neck of the woods (currently South Florida), we are definitely the odd young'ins…

The natural world is in my blood, I have the 'gene' some people may say, there is no better feeling than being in the wilderness and knowing what exists within it, whether it is within a garden, stretch of green belt, or the remoter parts of Scotland, I hope, one day, to become truly part of the wild. Living in West Monkseaton has put me on the doorstep of some amazing places within Northumberland, particulary Holywell Pond, Dene, and the Deleval estate…

My bird obsession has been growing steadily for the last year or so… I don't really know what I'm doing most of the time and I can still use all the help with ID's I can get… Thanks to everyone who's been following along on my birding journeys…

Born and bred in Watford,Herts, I started birding when I was just 8 years old because the old next door neighbours garden was very overgrown and attracted birds to his and our gardens! I first went to the Watford RSPB group at 15 and then I joined the Herts Bird Club in the same year. I was on the Herts Bird Club committee for 3 years. I started twitching in September 2001 after i'd bought my RBA pager and within a week of owning it i'd added Red-Necked Stint and American Green Heron…

Into the Air is a publication of Backyard Chirper, an online retailer offering one of the largest selections of bird feeder and bird house products on the web. Whether you’re looking for a hopper feeder, a hummingbird feeder or a birdbath, we have the bird feeder products and accessories you need…

John Armitage’s Blog on birds, wildlife & conservation, mainly from Islay, Inner Hebrides, Scotland. John Retired early after 20 years with RSPB working in conservation. Most of my time now spent doing voluntary bird survey work. Enjoy many other aspects of natural history including mammals and butterflies/moths. Particularly enjoy seawatching and bird migration…

For the Ivorybilled-obsessed, a blog devoted solely to opinions, news, and commentary on the Ivory-billed Woodpecker (IBWO), by one who's been interested in the species (and confident of its presence) for over four decades. …ALL Ivory-bills, ALL the time!!

Miranda Bell - An experienced, RHS qualified gardener and garden designer. Passionate about the huge benefits of creating and designing gardens which not only encourage wildlife but enable you to garden a lot more organically…

Blog dedicated to the Birdwatching in the North of Spain, more concretely on the Burgos province, where t is located the Molino del Canto Inn, bases from which we made the trips that make us know the birds the north of Spain…

Welcome to my blog. As a novice birder re-starting birding after a 23 year break, I hope there is something of interest here and also enough to follow. I hope to rapidly progress my experience over the many years of birding to come. Many thanks for taking a look. [Lincs, UK]

I am a born and bred Scillonian and have been running a passenger boat in Scilly since 1992 when I took over from my Dad who had the Lily Of Laguna. I now have the Sapphire, which I had built in 2000, which is a 15.5m Kingfisher. Most of my Photos are taken on the pelagic trips I have been running for over 15 years I have become a proficient sea birder and photographer…

Now 19, living in Lincs [UK] but at University in Sheffield. Lifelong interest in birds aided initially by my father and enhanced as an impressionable youngster by local birders, who I am indebted to! Only really got serious with the hobby after a trip to Israel in 2000. My patch is the local gravel pit complex adjacent to my home village (Baston & Langtoft), and I have been birding here as often as possible since my mother would let me out the house on my own!

JournOwl began as an online record to log my daily activities as an intern at the Lindsay Wildlife Museum; a requirement bestowed upon me by the university environmental science program. The Lindsay Wildlife Museum incorporates a wildlife hospital that treats more than 6,000 native California animals every year, and provided invaluable experience in regards to nurturing and rehabilitating a variety of species including raptors, foxes, coyotes, mountain lions, reptiles, and amphibians…

Welcome to Katanga Birding, a blog on my birding experiences in the Katanga Province of the Democratic Republic of Congo. I hope to post regular trip reports, lists, interesting sightings and other items of interest from my local patch.

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This blog has been created as a sincere tribute to every gull in the world, for those ardent enthusiastic gull-watchers who enjoy the strength, beauty and freedom of this amazing group of birds. Gabriel Martín, Madrid, Spain…

I'm still in love with nature and the Norwalk Islands, CT in particular, from it's nor'easters; to it's most picturesque sunrises; sunsets, and full moon glowing over it's water. It's Birds; migrating through this area and sometimes even a few thousand nesting in the island chain…

Sam Woods, UK - I've been birding since I was 11, which was a long, long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away. Since 2005 I have been living in Ecuador, for my job as a guide for Tropical Birding and Tandayapa Bird Lodge. This has taken me to many corners of the planet in my unwavering pursuit of birds. Birds and birding, that's what I'm all about, and what this site is all about. Nothing more, nothing less…

Mark Jason Villa is a member of the Wild Bird Club of the Philippines where he is part of the records committee. Mark has done volunteer/research work on Humpback Whales (WWF), Montagu's Harrier (AMUS), Calayan Rail (ISLA), and Birds and butterflies in Terranganu, Malaysia and is looking to do more. He currently does some bird guiding…

Laugh or cry with me while i reflect on human nature and the beauty i find outdoors - I'm a native Marylander, now enjoying sunny North Carolina with my husband, two Boston Terriers, and our daughter close by. Life is good.

A mainly pictorial record of the wildlife and events in my part of Lincolnshire. My garden has two bird nest boxes and a Hedgehog house fitted with video cameras. There are several bird feeders and a large pond attracting a variety of wildlife to the garden.

I manage to escape from the Birdquest client desk on two or three tours a year and apart from occasional private trips I spend most of my spare time birding in Bowland, Lancashire, UK, 15 minutes from my home…

Birds & Birding at a Local Cheshire Spot - So, this is me… It said 'Description' in the box so here it is… About 5' 9". ~170lbs. Married. Old. 'Mad as a box of frogs', apparently. Loves his patch. Nuff Sed…

Birds, wildlife and ecology in Lothian and beyond - I have been birding for as long as I can remember - well, ever since I saw Reed Buntings and Tree Sparrows in the garden as a four year old. I am keen on gulls, waders, raptors and passerines, though when birding abroad all the colourful stuff comes in handy as well… I'm based in Edinburgh and bird mainly in Lothian and elsewhere in Scotland. My real home patch is in North Wales - the awesome and well-known nightjar site near Nercwys. Not a twitcher but I do like seeing new stuff so I'm hoping to self-find more in the future than I have in the past…

We are two friends, Mohamed Amezian and Abdelhak Elbanak. We created this blog to share with you a varied stuff on birds, birding and ornithology in Morocco. Please feel free to browse, ask and why not contribute…

As the title of the blog suggests, it will be mostly about birding, but I do intend to include all the other aspects of travel which excite and interest me, including holiday trips not necessarily linked to birding…

This is a blog that tells me what I have seen and when. It’s an internet record for me to go back on and remind me of what I have seen. Some of my favourite birds I have seen before will be at the start… Yorkshire, UK

I enjoy nothing more than getting out and about in the great outdoors (on the odd occasion that the weather decides to actually play ball of course). This blog aims to keep you updated on what have been getting up to outside of the confines of the normal desk job…

Purple Martins are the most intriguing of birds. I often say that they are the most common of unknown birds. What do I mean by that? Well, by that I mean that most people I meet have NO idea what a Purple Martin is… Florida BLOG

A blog on natural history art-especially birds. Here I will post my own works in progress, sketches, technique tips and share thoughts on the work from my favorite artists-of the past through today. All images copyright of the artist described. In the case of works found on the web, I make an attempt to seek permission for duplication where possible. Artists please contact me if your work is duplicated here to your displeasure…

Currently studying Wildlife Conservation at the university of Kent at Canterbury, I have been birding for quite a while now starting at a young age with the Cheshire Meres being my original local haunt…

I get out and about in Yorkshire, Cleveland and further afield with my camera. Bedfordhire when at the in-laws. I try to photograph birds, bugs, mammals and flowers. I am a member of RSPB, Teesmouth Bird Club, Yorkshire Wildlife Trust and Butterfly Conservation…

I live in Southern Ontario, Canada with my wife Elaine, where I am an executive with a financial services company. I have had a fascination with the natural world for decades, particularly birds, and have traveled much of the world to see them…

In this blog you will find experiences about animal behaviour, nature photography, travel and in general anything what is related to that which "is alive". The aim of this blog is to encourage the reader to share his love for nature and to awaken his commitment for it´s protection. For that reason, any comment, suggestion and collaboration is highly appreciated…

Nature's Archive is a natural history and backyard biology site focused on the animals, insects, and plants of the desert southwest. The initial incarnation of the site was to simply keep family and friends abreast of the interesting encounters we have here in Arizona. Over time, it has been refined to generally profile individual encounters with slightly more depth…

This blog is a collection of watercolour sketches that capture recent observations or recreate some of my past encounters with birds. I have been fortunate enough to have watched birds on five continents, but have yet to have a memorable moment with a gull of any kind…

I have set up this blog to record my bird and general wildlife sightings in the 5 mile radius of my home. This includes my local patch - New Hythe/Leybourne Lakes. This is an inland area of West Kent, UK, a few miles from Maidstone the county town. I rarely stray more than a few miles from this area these days. I live in a village called Birling which is at the foot of the North Downs and about 1.5 miles from New Hythe…

I live and bird in Aroostook County in northernmost Maine. Wife, two kids, drive a Ford. Prefer to find my own rather than chase other's birds. My patches are Collins Pond in Caribou, Lake Josephine in Easton, Christina Reservoir in Fort Fairfield and the Nature Conservancy's Woodland Bog Preserve, which is across the street from my house…

Ken Cox - Reading, Vermont, United States - My fascination with birds and other wildlife formed during early childhood and became firmly rooted in my life during the early 1970s while attending the University of New Hampshire. Since then I have birded extensively throughout the Northeast, Southeast and Southwest.

I am what grateful twitchers might find it in their hearts to call 'a dedicated patchworker' - one day I hope to find out. I share a very picturesque patch with a few other dedicated workers of it. We get lots of birds here. A few are rare, some scarce, some slow enough to digiscope…

Interested in nature with a focus on birding and astronomy. Current project is a visual hunt for novae or exploding stars in the Galaxy from New York City. Got hooked on discovering things while birding and found that the hunt for novae in NYC is right up my alley…

I am a lifelong Ohioan who has made a study of natural history since the age of eight or so - longer than I can remember! A fascination with birds has grown into an amazement with all of nature, and an insatiable curiosity to learn more. One of my major ambitions is to get more people interested in nature. The more of us who care, the more likely that our natural world will survive.

The life and times of a fanatical bird watcher tracking all our feathered friends - I'm a bird enthusiast based in NW New Jersey who spends most of his time backyard watching. Having two little kids doesn't leave much time for bird watching trips…

I've been interested in birds and wildlife since I was a child when my parents took us on many local walks and my Dad especially taught us about what we were seeing. I've finally over the past year or so made more of an effort to rekindle these interests…

Thanks for visiting Pat Ulrich Wildlife & Nature Photography. I hope you enjoy looking through my galleries. I'm a full time graduate student and spare time nature photographer enjoying life in Northern California. I'm passionately dedicated to the conservation of our environment, and I think my love of all things natural comes through in my images. In addition to conservation actions we can all take, I believe that a conservation message spreads through education and inspiration -- and I hope to connect my viewers with the subjects I photograph and inspire them to get out and enjoy nature and to protect our beautiful planet…

Birding & bugging in deepest darkest Cornwall. Armed with the bird bible, bug bible, flask full of char and dressed like an AWOL Kremlin's elite soldier, this is surely Cornwall's answer to Johnny Kingdom…

Nature infused imagery… We are Nathan and Kelly - photographers, lovers of nature and avid bird watchers. Residents of Barrie, Ontario and recently married, our foray into nature photography began in 2008. Then, while on a trip to Hamilton's Royal Botanical Gardens, we caught the birding bug and the rest they say is history…

…New features ahoy! The Diary is back, making the FBI's job easy again. Exciting new developments in the field of future rare actualisation mechanics bring us JG's Rare-ometer. Further advances are expected soon, and this site will become your rare finding oracle for Norfolk…

Crazy birding blog from the Spurn area - I used to go to Spurn every weekend but when I reached 20 visits got less and less but now the visits are starting to increase and I get there as much as work and family allow. I'm updating the blog retrospectively, I wrote the entries on the day but never had the chance to publish on the internet…

A blog of my rambles in the countyside - Welcome to my blog. I spend most of my leisure time walking in the countryside and only take photographs for memories although i do get real pleasure from some of my wildlife pictures…

Welcome to my blog. If you live in Surrey and birding is your obsession (to get out of bed at some ridiculously early time of the morning, no matter what the weather, to go and look at birds isn't normal behaviour, believe me) and you're still a bit of a novice (like me) then, hopefully, this blog is for you…

Welcome to the new blog about raptor persecution in Scotland. We will be using this site to expose the relentless persecution of Scottish raptors (such as golden eagles, white-tailed sea eagles, red kites, hen harriers, buzzards, goshawks, peregrines, owls etc), and to monitor how each incident is handled by those responsible for preventing wildlife crime (e.g. police, courts, government). Although our focus is on raptor persecution in Scotland, we will also be documenting incidents in other parts of the UK and Ireland…

Welcome to the new blog about raptor persecution in Scotland. We will be using this site to expose the relentless persecution of Scottish raptors (such as golden eagles, white-tailed sea eagles, red kites, hen harriers, buzzards, goshawks, peregrines, owls etc), and to monitor how each incident is handled by those responsible for preventing wildlife crime (e.g. police, courts, government). Although our focus is on raptor persecution in Scotland, we will also be documenting incidents in other parts of the UK and Ireland…

I started birding back in my teenage years and it immediately became one of my main passions in life. However, it was only after more than a decade of birding that I decided to try and keep my colourful and memorable experiences alive through photography…

I'm interested in almost everything in this planet -I'm eager to learn something new every single day. I'm interested in almost everything in this planet – I'm eager to learn something new every single day…

I am Bernard Bracken and am in my mid 50's. Married with 2 daughters, 2 step daughters and one stepson. I have been a keen, but very bad, birder since my youth. My family are quite supportive of my birding activities but have not one clue what I see in it or what the attraction is! In this blog I hope to be able to report on the trips I am making around the world and especially the birding sessions I take part in along the way. For the near future this will be Saudi and Lancashire based as that's where I am living but in time will include other places.

BLOG - What's happening now during this "shoulder" season for birding in Colorado. Well, I saw the season's first pair of American Dippers in the Arkansas River along the Canon City Riverwalk (photo I took of one 2 years ago along this Riverwalk)…

Sometimes I try to do things but it just doesn't work out the way I want it to, and I get real frustrated and then like I try hard to do it, and I like, take my time but it just doesn't work out the way I want it to. It's like, I concentrate on it real hard, but it just doesn't work out….

Nick Bonomo - Orange, CT, United States - I am currently attending the Yale School of Medicine's Physician Associate (PA) Program. When I'm not roaming the halls of a Connecticut hospital (unlikely as of late!), I can be found birding the coast of New Haven County…

This site is devoted to my photographic activities whilst out birding - I never ever bird without a camera! My local patch (Venus Pool near Shrewsbury) is the focus but I'm not averse to going out and about…

We're a Chinese/ British couple who have a passionate interest in the exiting nature and countryside that's found in the Chinese province of Sichuan. This blog is intended as a guide for those wishing to visit…

In 2007, I graduated from Slippery Rock University in Pennsylvania and have been doing bird work ever since. I love to travel and I think I must have been a gypsy in my other life. I also write at www.nemesisbird.com…

What is 'bird porn'? Well, I reckon its just nice image of birds. Really nice images of birds. In fact, it doesn't really have to be birds if you look down my blog. I started at birds, but it's widened to mammals too. So, really nice images of birds AND mammals then. There, sorted…

Steve Routledge - Barnetby-Le-Wold., Lincolnshire., United Kingdom - I have had an interest in the natural world since i was knee high to a Grasshopper and have been birding seriously since 1985,in recent years i have taken an interest in the insect world and in particular Odonata, Orthoptera and Syrphidae…

Rangatira Island is a great place to research some of New Zealand’s native songbirds – black robins, Chatham Island warblers and Chatham Island tomtits. The black robins are the best studied of this group. Once upon a time they were the rarest birds in the world, with a small population restricted to Little Mangere Island, a tiny rock not far from here…

The Daily Bird is like a "word-of-the-day" calendar for beginner bird watchers. Each day a single entry will describe a species of bird that can be observed or topic relevant to the time of year. Visit each day to develop an understanding of bird life in rhythm with the seasons. This deliberate progression will help beginner bird watchers and curious naturalists learn about birds through a quick, readable daily dose…

I have had a passion for natural history since a very young age; this passion saw me working as reserve wardens at various nature reserves for many years. I now work as a freelance ecologist as well as fitting in a bit of writing when time allows. If you visit my ‘Talks page‘ you will see that I can offer a inspiring and thought provoking talk my project ‘giving my right arm’ project that is seeing me being tattooed with over twenty species of birds to raise awareness of the biodiversity disaster currently ongoing in Turkey and to raise much needed funds for the Birdlife International partner in Turkey; Doğa Derneği.…

I am a South African birder living in the south of Pretoria in the province of Gauteng. The reason I thought of this name for my blog is that I really love birds and birding but the thought of getting in my car and driving off at 2 or even 4a.m. to get to a prime birding site by first light is enough to make me roll over and go back to sleep. This means that most weekends I end up birding in the garden or some local park that I can get to in 5 to 10 minutes, which is not always bad…….I mean I have had species like Southern Whitefaced Owl, Little Bittern and Ovambo Sparrowhawk right in my back yard. What I hope to achieve with this blog is to share some of the birds I have seen on my weekend and holiday trips with my friends and family.

The Lowcountry Birder is a labor of love produced by a “Damn Yankee” (Translation: a Northerner from “Away” who decided to stay instead of going back North when vacation was over!) who now lives with his wife and adult “special needs” son just a couple of miles inland (“as the Osprey flies”) from Pinckney Island NWR and Hilton Head Island….

A blog about birds and bugs seen by a couple who don't get around too well any more. We only go out once in a while or just around the house, so many of the photos will be from earlier and better years. There may be some information that you will find helpful, or there may be nothing at all here…

I am just a simple novice birder based in Newcastle-U-Lyme in sunny Staffs, UK, been birding seriously now since 2007 this blog just follows Lesley's and my wanderings around the country and what we see along the way…

These will be random thoughts about birds, birders, birdwatching, feeders, reptiles, wildflowers and nature in general. I will specifically discuss conservation interests, and other things as the mood hits me. The topics will probably lean a bit towards of interest to Iowa, as that is where I live…

I'm Tim been birding for most of my life, taken it more seriously since 2005 and decided to make this blog about my birding exploits and random things I feel the need to blog about. I'm at York Uni now and am loving it! When I'm not hungover I try to make it down to Wheldrake Ings/Lower Derwent Valley on my bike or trying to get a lift to go a bit further afield, if you live in or near York get in touch as I don't know a lot of local birders and would be nice to meet up and go birding…

A loud, proud, Lancastrian! I run the British Ornithologists` Union. In my spare time I`m either out birding or working freelance for Leica (helping them to design bins and scopes for birders), writing for Bird Watching mag, leading widlife holidays for Speyside Wildlife, helping out Vine House Farm Bird Foods plus a fingers in a few other pies…

Welcome to Tom McKinney’s (that’s me) all new 2006 birding journal. There’s going to be some wacky, fun-filled, expletive-laden, crazy-a*s sh*t going down this year, such as a big birdspotting trip to Peru in the summer, so strap yourselves in and prepare for the ride… [From which you can see that this really funny and irreverent birding [mostly] diary is not for those easily offended; I love it - Fatbirder]

The more I travel, the more I realise how little of the world I have seen. My early life in South Africa was comfortable in the confined boundaries of a singular entity - the Southern African list. But in my early twenties, I travelled trans-continental for the first time and opened Pandora's Box…

We hope you enjoy our blog we have put together for the entertainment and education of young and old birders alike. We post daily and talk about important birding info along with stunning photos and educational text…

This is the UK400 Club Rare Bird Alert highlighting all records of avian interest and published in association with Rare Bird Alert Pagers and utilising additional information gleaned from the Regional Birdlines, BirdGuides, local email groups and individual observers…

Valley Naturalist is a new blog documenting my activities as an amateur naturalist in the south Wales valleys and beyond. From the wetlands and waterbodies of the Heads of the Valleys, the post industrial habitats of the coalfield area to the coastal lowlands and reservoirs of Monmouthshire (vc35), this blog will promote the recording, photographing and study of the rich natural history of a hitherto neglected and undervalued biodiversity resource. In doing so it aims to champion 'local patching' as an important contribution to nature conservation encouraging others to visit and record the wildlife of this area of Wales…

Got wood-warbler questions? If so, I have answers for you. I'm Daniel Edelstein -- biologist, birding guide, birding instructor (www.warblerwatch.com and edelstein@earthlink.net) -- who ponders: Are there any wonders in our world more fascinating than the elegant beauty of wood-warblers?

…Started the trip quite late as the weather doesn't look so good early in the morning. So, I didn't expect much though. The road towards Sungai Tekala seems quite good and after passing by Sungai Tekala, there are more birds flying across the road. So, I stopped at some of these areas to enjoy the birds…

Welcome to my birdwatching web site which I hope you will enjoy looking through. I'll be adding photographs from time to time with perhaps the occasional rambling of a blog from my outings throughout the course of the year. Please feel free to comment either good or bad; it's the only way I'll learn anything…

I'm Will Bowell, one half of the incredible double act, the Wandering Birders and this blog is my effort to branch out and ride the blogging wave that has hit the birding world. I'm from Lincolnshire, England and spend my spare time birding and taking poor photos.

Phil Woollen moved to the Wirral in 1983 and settled there after marrying in 1986. I've been birding since I was 7 or 8 - it was that long ago I can't remember! My formative years were spent in Suffolk and birds became a passion in my teens. I started twitching whilst still at school but began seriously whilst at University in the late 70's and early 80's.

I am a student at Penn State University studying Wildlife Science. I am extremely interested in birds and have been actively birding since the fall of 2009. I have worked as a technician for both the University of Tennessee and Penn State University. With the University of Tennessee, I surveyed for grassland species throughout south-central Kentucky. I surveyed vegetation and banded songbirds for Penn State University throughout the northwestern portion of Pennsylvania.This year I am trying to see over 400 species of birds throughout the United States…

Our mission is to preserve the earth’s biological diversity and to secure the future of threatened bird species in their natural environments. We work to fulfill that mission through education, captive breeding, field studies and rehabilitation…

THE WORLD OF GREEN BIRDING: This blog is designed to show the records of green birding world wide, and to present other items on green birding, including it's history. A variety of photographs and articles from around the world of green birding are sought for this blog! (photo above is Gary Prescott, currently pedalling toward a new U.K. green big year record)